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With Thanksgiving holiday travel officially beginning Friday, here are some tips on what food items travelers can carry on and what must be in checked baggage. And, yes, turkeys can fly.
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Insurance company Genworth Financial published a new report Thursday on long-term care options and their costs for 2018 and the rate at which costs will rise over the next 15 years.
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Although the number of incidents and records exposed is down year over year, the trend toward more and bigger data breaches exposing more data continues.
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The financial media keeps reminding the public that the next big sell-off, or even a crash, could be right around the corner. But you don't have to lose your assets during a sell-off, or even during...
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This last week was a crazy end to the October selling craze being followed by a flood of stock buying this week prior to Friday’s major profit taking. Some of that buying is obviously being...
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While the notion of “Peak Auto” is not a new observation about the U.S. domestic car buying trends, there is another source of pressure that has not garnered as much as attention despite how...
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A new study by researchers at Lending Tree shows that average home down payments are falling. This is good news for both buyers and sellers.
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With more jobs available than Americans who are looking for work, now might be a great opportunity for discouraged workers to get back into the job market.
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The number of unbanked and underbanked people in America has continued to shrink in America.
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It is no secret that winning the lottery has become the new version of the American Dream. While the odds of winning are lower than the odds of being struck by lightning on a sunny day, it’s easy...
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Would you be better off staying in your starter home or putting it on the market and moving up to a larger one? Here are some things to keep in mind as you consider your options.
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There soon will be some new rather filthy rich people in America. There have been no Mega Millions jackpot winners since July 24, so the jackpot will be at least $1.6 billion for Tuesday’s...
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The CoreLogic quarterly mortgage fraud risk index rose for the eighth consecutive time in the third quarter of 2018.
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The average U.S. new car loan rose 2.2% year over year in the first half of 2018 to nearly $23,000, according to new data from Equifax. More than 12 million Americans borrowed the money to finance...
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Lottery winners need to avoid the endless temptations that can rob them of their new-found wealth. That's why we have created a self-help lesson of 12 things not to do if you win the lottery.
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